While there is talk of opposition to Israel taking out Iran's nuclear weapons aspirations, if not its entire regime, Israeli President Isaac Herzog tells Newsmax that some of those same people are privately thanking Israel for its bold actions.
"The world is hypocritic, and there are many nations who have to present a certain view but — or people, or leaders — who tell us quietly, 'Thank, God; bless you, bless you for what you're doing,'" Herzog told "The Record With Greta Van Susteren" in an exclusive interview recorded Wednesday.
While there will those against war and regime change calling out Israel's strikes on Iran's nuclear weapons aspirations, Herzog pointed to pictures contrasting what a just country like Israel does in a military strike versus a world-leading state sponsor of terror does.
"As you can see, this is our attack on one of the sites where we had to hit a major commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards," Herzog said, pointing to a picture of a building still standing with a blown-out section.
"We had a very specific bomb targeting, a specific wall into his living room."
Herzog, holding up a two-framed poster, pointed below to contrast Iran's missile strike destruction.
"This is the havoc created by the Iranian missiles," he added.
"That's the difference. They target civilians all over Israel.
"We target their leadership, the leadership that carries out terror that instructs killing innocent civilians and moving to the bomb unlawfully."
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Eric Mack has been a writer and editor at Newsmax since 2016. He is a 1998 Syracuse University journalism graduate and a New York Press Association award-winning writer.
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